Biography: Jean-Marc Lazard is the CEO and Co-Founder of OpenDataSoft, a provider of a turnkey SaaS platform designed for smart and easy transformation of all types of data into innovative services (APIs, data visualizations, real-time monitoring). OpenDataSoft’s open data customers include the City and County of Durham, the Town of Cary, the Town of Chapel Hill, the City of Paris and the Paris Regional Government, the City of Brussels, Veolia, m2ocity, the French Ministry of the Interior, Total, Saint-Gobain and the French National Railway Company. Before launching OpenDataSoft in 2011, Jean-Marc spent five years leading Innovation and Strategic Projects at Exalead (Dassault Systèmes). He currently serves as a Startup mentor and Cap Digital expert. He is a Graduate of the EDHEC Business School and holds a Degree in Applied Mathematics.